Of Love and Other Demons

With the conclusion of the novel Of Love and Other Demons, we see the death of the little girl Sierva. This did not come as a very big surprise as it was foreshadowed at the beginning of the book. It was strange throughout the book as just because Sierva seemed a little bit different, the people around her used a simple thing such as the rabid dog bite as an excuse to shun her and call her diseased even though she never showed the signs of rabies. It is surprising that DeLaura turned onto Sierva and ended up calling her a demon even though it was just their lust for each other. It is important here to see how far the church was willing to go just for the girl, which represents the importance that it had in that time period.